DosFreak

1. NT4 SP4+ reads ALL NTFS 5 partitions just fine. (dunno about dynamic) 2. NT5 reads ALL NTFS 5 partitions just fine. 3. Installing NT5 on an NT4 dual-boot upgrades the NTFS on all NTFS drives to NTFS v5. That's why you need to update to SP4 on NT4 before you do...otherwise NT4 will go bye bye. 4. I am unsure if XP upgrades the NTFS ver or not. Most likely it does but even so the last 2 OS's can read it fine.

Nope that doesn't work. My solution to fix "infinite loop" errors. Took out my VP6 mobo (133a chipset) Insert KR7A-Raid mobo. Fixed!

For BUILD games? Either VPC or Real DOS. No other solution at this point in time. Sorry.

1. Your using an LG CDR. Bleh. 2. CD quality is a factor. I use imation and if I'm desperate Maxell's. 3. Update to latest firmware. 4. The errors that you are seeing are most likely the CDR not spiing up/down fast enough/quality of CD's/scratched CD's/dirty CDR.

No not VESA (linear modes) just pre-vesa. Supports a couple more modes than 2k but not many. Only way to get VESA in build games in NT operating systems is to run the games in Connectix Virtual PC.

The Audigy problem is most likely simply ACPI screwing around again. Was detected and works fine in 2000 but in XP it is not. Didn't have time to fix it last night. My experience with VIA just listing the computers that I have personally owned: SOYO SY5EMA MVP3 with K63-400 Busmaster drivers as usual would screw things up so I simplu never installed them. Had plenty of problems with getting AGP to work in 2000 when it first came out but playing around with different AGP GART drivers (requires booting into other OS to fix) fixed those. That's it. My next VIA board was the Apollo Pro 133A chipset in my VP6. Again the busmaster drivers were a problem but those have recently been fixed by VIA (probly work for my old MVP3 now too but it's currently in th closet). Only other problem I've had with this board was the "infinite loop" errir which I still had until I switched the mobo for my: ABIT-KR7A-Still pkaying around with this one and so far it's GREAT! Only problem so far was that BIOS option which was a real pain in my A$$ because I though I had a defective mobo/processor/ram until I figured it out. (Enabling the option would just shut the PC down and on reboot it would shut down again). Also the audigy problem. Since I'v only had this PC for 3 days now and I stuck it together rather hurriedly I would like to pat myself on the back for the little errors that I do have. As for PCI card incompatibility....throughout these three mobos I have had all PCI cards filled on all of 'em. Except for the specific hardware problems with the cards themselves mostly not sharing IRQ's correctly I've had nary a problem. I've had ACPI problems on all boards however...except the KR7 so far...

You mean a 2000 Server Print server correct? and yes if so. Mine hosts 86 printers for NT4/Windows 2000/XP/linux boxes.

I've only had this computer together for the past 2 days. Finally got 2000/XP installed last night. Still gota install NT4. Only problem I had so far with it is that if I enable the SHUTDOWN COMPUTER WHEN CPU FAIL FAN option then the computer crashes and I have to wipe the CMOS. Leaving it at default clock I have had no crashes whatsoever throughout the install of 2000/XP. Although I did notice an abnormally longer install of Windows XP (due to the Firewire on my Audigy card) In fact although 2000 found the Firewire on the Audigy just fine, XP didn;t find it and actually disabled it! Figures. I'll probably shuffle around some PCI slots tonight. I also installed both OS'S in ACPI without any troubles and the IRQ's allocated as they were supposed to (IRQ 7 most of 'em). No extra VIA patches or 2k/XP patches for VIA. Just the Via 4-in-1 4.37 drivers and I have not experienced any lockups or crashes.

MY NEW COMPUTER! NEW RIG Monitor =Sony E500 21" Speakers =Creative Soundworks DTT3500 Digital Mouse =Microsoft Intellimouse Optical SE Joystick =Microsoft Precision Pro Gamepad =Microsoft Sidewinder Original Keyboard =Generic 104k Keyboard Case =Coolermaster ATCS-110 w/Enermax EG651P 550W PSU Motherboard=Abit KR7A-RAID Processor =AMD Athlon XP 2000 @1666mhz 133X12.5 Cooling =Alpha PAL8045 Memory =Corsair 256MB DDR XMS2400 CAS2 (2 DIMMS) Video =Asus v8200 T5 Deluxe (Geforce 3 Ti500) 240C/500M v3.20.00.18 Bios Floppy =3.5" MOBO Controller PMIDE1/Pioneer 16X Slot DVD-106S DMA/66 1.22 Bios PSIDE1/Empty SMIDE2/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP2) SSIDE2/Plextor 24X10X40A CDR DMA/33 1.01 Bios HPT370 CONTROLLER PMIDE3/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@133 (OS) SSIDE3/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP1) SMIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@133 (GAMES) SSIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@133 (IMAGES) PCI1/EMPTY PCI2/Soundblaster Audigy Ex PCI3/EMPTY PCI4/NetGear FA310TX NIC PCI5/EMPTY PCI6/Hauppauge WINTV Theatre Windows 2000 Pro slipstreamed SP2/Windows XP Pro (2000 Main OS) Nvidia 27.20 Reference Drivers DirectX 8.1 Build 881 /Windows 2000 Directx 8.1 Build 810 /Windows XP Via 4.37 4-in-1 OLD RIG SOON TO BE MY FILE SERVER! Monitor =Sony E500 21" Speakers =Creative Soundworks DTT3500 Digital Mouse =Microsoft Intellimouse Optical SE Joystick =Microsoft Precision Pro Gamepad =Microsoft Sidewinder Original Keyboard =Generic 104k Keyboard Case =Coolermaster ATCS-110 w/Enermax EG651P 550W PSU Motherboard=Abit VP6 w/ YT Modified Bios with HPT370 2.3 Bios Processor =Dual P3-1000@1166Mhz v1.85 155Mhz bus X 7.5 1/4 Cooling =2X Alpha FC-PAL6035MUC Heatsinks Memory =3X256m=768 Corsair PC150 @150mhz Video =Asus v8200 T5 Deluxe (Geforce 3 Ti500) 240C/500M v3.20.00.18 Bios Floppy =3.5" MOBO Controller PMIDE1/Pioneer 16X Slot DVD-106S DMA/66 1.22 Bios PSIDE1/Empty SMIDE2/Plextor 24X10X40A CDR DMA/33 1.01 Bios SSIDE2/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP2) HPT370 CONTROLLER PMIDE3/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@100 (OS) SSIDE3/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP1) SMIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@100 (GAMES) SSIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@100 (IMAGES) PCI1/EMPTY PCI2/Soundblaster Audigy Ex PCI3/EMPTY PCI4/NetGear FA310TX NIC PCI5/Hauppauge WINTV Theatre Windows 2000 Pro slipstreamed SP2/Windows XP Pro (2000 Main OS) Nvidia 23.11 Reference Drivers DirectX 8.1 Build 881 /Windows 2000 Directx 8.1 Build 810 /Windows XP Via 4.37 4-in-1 Cya when ya catch up losers!

NEW RIG Monitor =Sony E500 21" Speakers =Creative Soundworks DTT3500 Digital Mouse =Microsoft Intellimouse Optical SE Joystick =Microsoft Precision Pro Gamepad =Microsoft Sidewinder Original Keyboard =Generic 104k Keyboard Case =Coolermaster ATCS-110 w/Enermax EG651P 550W PSU Motherboard=Abit KR7A-RAID Processor =AMD Athlon XP 2000 @1666mhz 133X12.5 Cooling =Alpha PAL8045 Memory =Corsair 256MB DDR XMS2400 CAS2 (2 DIMMS) Video =Asus v8200 T5 Deluxe (Geforce 3 Ti500) 240C/500M v3.20.00.18 Bios Floppy =3.5" MOBO Controller PMIDE1/Pioneer 16X Slot DVD-106S DMA/66 1.22 Bios PSIDE1/Empty SMIDE2/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP2) SSIDE2/Plextor 24X10X40A CDR DMA/33 1.01 Bios HPT370 CONTROLLER PMIDE3/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@133 (OS) SSIDE3/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP1) SMIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@133 (GAMES) SSIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@133 (IMAGES) PCI1/EMPTY PCI2/Soundblaster Audigy Ex PCI3/EMPTY PCI4/NetGear FA310TX NIC PCI5/EMPTY PCI6/Hauppauge WINTV Theatre Windows 2000 Pro slipstreamed SP2/Windows XP Pro (2000 Main OS) Nvidia 27.20 Reference Drivers DirectX 8.1 Build 881 /Windows 2000 Directx 8.1 Build 810 /Windows XP Via 4.37 4-in-1 OLD RIG SOON TO BE MY FILE SERVER! Monitor =Sony E500 21" Speakers =Creative Soundworks DTT3500 Digital Mouse =Microsoft Intellimouse Optical SE Joystick =Microsoft Precision Pro Gamepad =Microsoft Sidewinder Original Keyboard =Generic 104k Keyboard Case =Coolermaster ATCS-110 w/Enermax EG651P 550W PSU Motherboard=Abit VP6 w/ YT Modified Bios with HPT370 2.3 Bios Processor =Dual P3-1000@1166Mhz v1.85 155Mhz bus X 7.5 1/4 Cooling =2X Alpha FC-PAL6035MUC Heatsinks Memory =3X256m=768 Corsair PC150 @150mhz Video =Asus v8200 T5 Deluxe (Geforce 3 Ti500) 240C/500M v3.20.00.18 Bios Floppy =3.5" MOBO Controller PMIDE1/Pioneer 16X Slot DVD-106S DMA/66 1.22 Bios PSIDE1/Empty SMIDE2/Plextor 24X10X40A CDR DMA/33 1.01 Bios SSIDE2/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP2) HPT370 CONTROLLER PMIDE3/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@100 (OS) SSIDE3/IBM 60GXP 61.5GB DMA/100 (BACKUP1) SMIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@100 (GAMES) SSIDE4/Maxtor L080J4 80GB DMA/133@100 (IMAGES) PCI1/EMPTY PCI2/Soundblaster Audigy Ex PCI3/EMPTY PCI4/NetGear FA310TX NIC PCI5/Hauppauge WINTV Theatre Windows 2000 Pro slipstreamed SP2/Windows XP Pro (2000 Main OS) Nvidia 23.11 Reference Drivers DirectX 8.1 Build 881 /Windows 2000 Directx 8.1 Build 810 /Windows XP Via 4.37 4-in-1

I love this: Quote: In comparison, today the average system is equipped with a 900 MHz processor as well as an MX2000 graphics card. Yeah...in like 3 years. :wtf: (I'll clock my XP 2000+ tonight up to 2300+ levels ;( and do a couple of benches) Just put this rig together yesterday and it is FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

The 27.20's work fine in NT5/NT5.1

So basically all the benchies are still saying that the P4 is a slooowww piece of hardware compared to the lower clocked Athlon. Looks like the Athlon wins again!

Years is better than names but version # are the best. NT 3.51=>4.0->5.0->5.1 and when ya see the ver of the files it's all right there underneath. Windows NT 5.1 sounds alot cooler to me than Windows XP. ;(

Well darn. Looks like no more Red Hat for me.

I highly doubt that you'll see Microsoft improve Fat. NTFS yes. FAT no. It's definetly not worth it.

Got this game working some time ago with a helpful suggestion from someone (sorry can't remember your name!) From my NT Compatibility list: DaggerFall 1. Download FastVid v1.1 and extract it to a temporary directory. 2. Go to the command prompt and run it full screen 3. Run fastvid and select "NO" for the first 2 options. Select "YES" for the last option and then go with the defaults. The program will crash but that is okay. 4. Run the install for Daggerfall. It may take a moment or two but it will load. 5. Install the game! My batchfile works too but the above has always worked.

I wouldn't say 9x was better than NT4. NT4 is better at some things that 9x wasn't. For instance back in 97 I was dual-booting with 95 & NT4 Server. I used 9x for gaming and NT4 Server for Internet usage. Obviously 9x couldn't fix my uses for net while NT4 did the job nicely.

As far as performance difference. None. Of course to monitor SMART information you'd have to constantly run a program in XP to monitor the SMART information which in some small way would take up some resources but not really. It would be nice if NT had more hardware monitoring capability built-in but I guess they haven't thought of that yet.

Monkey Island works fine in XP. Shouldn't even need to be patched. Do you mean your video card drivers?

If no opengl drivers are installed XP emulated Opengl by redirect Opengl calls from Opengl programs to an Opengl to D3D shim. This shim emulates a couple of opengl functions (most just for quake). Make sure your video card drivers opengl ICD is installed and try again!.

Oh and guys. Just because I utterly despise Windows XP does not mean that I don't test game compatibility out in it.

Hmmm, My original Railroad Tycoon 2 and the Gold Edition work fine in 2000/XP without any patching or compatibility fixes whatsoever. Have you tried to update the game yet? Also what version gave you this error?

Quickest way is to use the NTVDM command "expand". Simply copy example.dl_ off the CD to the HD and do an expand example.dl_ example.dll Much quicker that way.

ACPI can cause slowdowns and problems but ONLY if your system does not support ACPI properly. If everything works fine with ACPI then there will be NO performance differences whatsoever. NONE. NADA. ZIP. ZERO. CERO. Capishe?